--- title: 'Thief (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Mann' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 122 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thief-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083190/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Thief (1981) 1981 · R · 122 min · Crime · United States ## Synopsis Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann in his feature film debut. It stars James Caan as a professional safecracker trying to escape his life of crime, and Tuesday Weld as his wife. The supporting cast includes Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Dennis Farina, and Willie Nelson. The screenplay is inspired by the 1975 memoir The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar, by former cat burglar Frank Hohimer. The original musical score was composed and performed by Tangerine Dream. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mann) - **Screenplay:** [Michael Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mann) - **Original Music Composer:** [Christopher Franke](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-franke) - **Director of Photography:** [Donald E. Thorin](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-e-thorin) - **Editor:** [Dov Hoenig](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-hoenig) ## Cast - [Bruce A. Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-a-young) - [John Kapelos](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kapelos) - [Del Close](https://cinepixo.com/people/del-close) - [Robert Prosky](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-prosky) - [Howard Hesseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hesseman) - [Mike Genovese](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-genovese) - [Jim Belushi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-belushi) - [Dennis Farina](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-farina) - [Michael Paul Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-paul-chan) - [James Caan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-caan) - [Willie Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-nelson) - [Tuesday Weld](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuesday-weld) - [William Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-petersen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/thief-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1193098); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.